Tunisian pilots are currently training with the new aircraft in the US ahead of transfer to the North African nation.
By Agnes HelouA new approach to speed, scale and efficiency for the industrial base
Radars, EW, EO/IR, space imagery, and microelectronics are brought under one roof for a streamlined approach to common people and factories.
The stand-down follows the Navy grounding an undisclosed number of jets due to concerns with ejection seat safety.
By Valerie Insinna and Justin Katz
“We flew the F-22 like it was an F-15. We flew the F-15E like an F-111. APT-X will figure out how can we can fly the T-7 differently – not like a T-38,” says Brig. Gen. Brenda Cartier, 19th Air Force vice commander.
By Theresa Hitchens CORRECTED: Removed Reference To AT-6, Which Is Not Derived From T-6 WASHINGTON: The basic training plane for Air Force pilots, the propeller-driven T-6 Texan, is returning to flight almost one month after being grounded after a series of unexplained physiological events (what we used to call suspected hypoxia incidents). As is the case with most such…
By Colin ClarkPENTAGON: The Navy would get the largest budget share among the three military services in the 2014 budget submitted Wednesday, but would still see a drop in total funding from what Congress provided for this year in the final version of the continuing resolution. The $155.8 billion requested for the Navy Department in the president’s…
By Otto KreisherThe proposed sale of bankrupt Hawker Beechcraft to a Chinese company will create no security problems for the US military, pledged Hawker chairman Bill Boisture in an exclusive interview with Breaking Defense. If the potential $1.8 billion sale to Superior Aviation Beijing actually goes through — and at least one well-regarded industry observer, Richard Aboulafia,…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
